Automating Autoencoder Architecture Configuration: An Evolutionary Approach

TitleAutomating Autoencoder Architecture Configuration: An Evolutionary Approach
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2019
AuthorsCharte, Francisco, Rivera-Rivas A.J., Martínez Francisco, and del Jesus M. J.
Conference NameInternational Work-Conference on the Interplay Between Natural and Artificial Computation
Pagination339-349
Date Published05/2019
KeywordsAutoencoder, Deep learning, Evolutionary, Optimization
Abstract

Learning from existing data allows building models able to classify patterns, infer association rules, predict future values in time series and much more. Choosing the right features is a vital step of the learning process, specially while dealing with high-dimensional spaces. Autoencoders (AEs) have shown ability to conduct manifold learning, compressing the original feature space without losing useful information. However, there is no optimal AE architecture for all datasets. In this paper we show how to use evolutionary approaches to automate AE architecture configuration. First, a coding to embed the AE configuration in a chromosome is proposed. Then, two evolutionary alternatives are compared against exhaustive search. The results show the great superiority of the evolutionary way.

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TIN2015-68454-R

DOI10.1007/978-3-030-19591-5_35